The fantastic bassist/guitarist and soul shoutin' sista'! Debra Killings on "Fat City!" 8th & 11th February! 
Longing For Spring...
It's been a long, cold winter here in the land of Finland, and I am eager for warm weather. I'm tired of seeing bare trees and lifeless brown leaves covering the ground. I long to see wildflowers poke through the dead cold earth and to watch the woods turn green once more.
Yet even as I anticipate my favorite season, I hear my mothers' voice saying: "Don't wish your life away".
If you're like me you sometimes hear yourself saying: "When such and such happens, then I will..."
, or "If only so and so would do this, then I would do that",
or: "I would be happy if..."
, or: "I will be satisfied when..."
In longing for some future good, we forget that every day - regardless of the weather or our circumstances - is a gift from God to be used for His glory.
According to author Ron Ash, "We are where we need to be and learning what we need to learn. Stay the course because the things we experience today will lead us to where He needs us to be tomorrow."
In every season, there is a reason to rejoice and an opportunity to do good:
(Eccl. 3:12). The challenge for each of us, every day, is to find something to rejoice about and some good to do - and then to do both.
Christian-Charles de Plicque For:
Angel House international Missions Ministries Association
April 2010
(c) JAL ODB
